Sinn Fein Calls for IRA to Disarm,
Signaling Breakthrough in Talks

Republican leader Gerry Adams said he had asked the Irish Republican Army to make a "groundbreaking move" to put its weapons beyond use.

The call, made in a speech to the Republican faithful in Belfast, represented a dramatic shift in policy for Sinn Fein and could presage a breakthrough for Northern Ireland's stalled peace process. The policy change appeared to be the result of heavy diplomatic pressure from the U.S. since...